tolerable

• tollerable (obsolete)

Borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/

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• Hyphenation: tol‧er‧able

tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)

1. Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
2. Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
   • 1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22:

     A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all.

3. Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
4. In fair health; passably well.

• intolerable

tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)

1. (dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately.

Borrowed from Latin tolerābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tu.ləˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [to.ləˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [to.leˈɾa.ble]

tolerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

• tolerabilitat

• tolerar

• “tolerable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tolerable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tolerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tolerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• tolerábel

From Latin tolerābilis.

tolerable m or f (plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

• tolerar

• “tolerable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Latin tolerābilis.

• IPA^(key): /toleˈɾable/ [t̪o.leˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: to‧le‧ra‧ble

tolerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

• “tolerable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish tolerable.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /toleˈɾable/ [t̪o.lɛˈɾab.lɛ]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: to‧le‧rab‧le

tolerable (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜇᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. tolerable

   Synonyms: mapagtitiisan, matitiis, mababata